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Louvre museum closed as staff discuss strike after jewel heist and June shutdown

The Paris Louvre museum did not open at 8am on Monday as usual as staff was meeting to discuss a strike over pay and working conditions, potentially disrupting access for thousands of visitors to the world's most-visited museum. The vote comes as the mus

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A 10-year-old girl, a Holocaust survivor: what we know about the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting

A mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday claimed the lives of 15 people, including a rabbi, a Holocaust survivor, and a 10-year-old girl, as a Hanukkah celebration turned into a scene of horror. Police say the attack left 40 injured, with the gu

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Police investigate deaths of director Rob Reiner and wife as 'apparent homicide'

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home in an apparent homicide, prompting a police investigation and an outpouring of tributes for the filmmaker behind "When Harry Met Sally" and "The

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Jose Antonio Kast: Who is Chile's new ultra-conservative president?

The ultra-conservative former congressman Jose Antonio Kast has clinched a victory in Chile's presidential election as fears over crime and immigration propel one of Latin America's wealthiest countries to the right. An admirer of Pinochet, Kast has buil

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Mother of jailed French journalist appeals to Algerian president for pardon

The mother of jailed French journalist Christophe Gleizes has appealed to Algeria’s president for a pardon, calling his seven-year sentence “incomprehensible". Arrested in May 2024 while reporting in Kabylia, Gleizes maintains he is innocent, and his cas

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Ligue 1: Lens defeat Nice and claim back top spot in standings

RC Lens beat Nice 2-0 and will spend the winter as league leaders. OGC Nice suffered their sixth consecutive defeat.

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Live: EU faces a ‘very important’ week for Ukraine funding

The EU must take "very important" decisions on funding Ukraine at a crunch summit this week, said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday, adding that talks over using frozen Russian assets were getting harder. "We are not there yet, and it is incr

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Yesterday

Deadly flash floods in Moroccan coastal town of Safi after heavy rainfall

Flash-flooding caused by sudden rain storms killed at least 37 people in the Moroccan coastal town of Safi on Sunday, local authorities said, doubling an earlier toll. The downpour in Safi province, around 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of the capital

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Hard-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile presidential election

Chilean voters elected the most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy on Sunday, as official results showed Jose Antonio Kast with a thumping 58 percent of votes and his rival conceding defeat. With more than ten million votes counted – almost 70

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Hong Kong court finds media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in national security trial

Hong Kong’s High Court on Monday convicted jailed media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai of national security offences that could see him sentenced to life in prison, a verdict that has intensified global scrutiny of the city’s judicial inde

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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting, one French national killed. Follow live

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'Pressure works': Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovskaya reacts to release of political prisoners

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the exiled Belarus opposition leader, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the release from jail of fellow protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski along with 121 other political prisoners. "Let's not forget tha

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Israel's antisemitism criticism of Australia plays to 'domestic audience', expert says

Pacific Asia • 4:48 PM

Sunday's shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach where a Jewish celebration was taking place was unsurprising given the long history of persecution faced by Jews, said Joseph Downing, a senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Aston University

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Netanyahu blames Australia after Sydney shooting targeting Jewish celebration

Pacific Asia • 4:42 PM

Israeli leaders condemned a shooting in Sydney that targeted a Hanukkah celebration and killed 11 people on Sunday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Canberra of fuelling antisemitism in the lead-up to the attack. Brendan Berne, a former Au

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'Genuine hero': Bystander tackles alleged gunman during Bondi Beach mass shooting

Pacific Asia • 3:57 PM

Footage captured by an eyewitness shows a man grappling with an alleged gunman during the Bondi Beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, before wrestling the weapon off him.

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French PM urged to intervene as farmers keep up road blocks over cow 'mass slaughter'

Farmers sprayed manure on government offices and kept up roadblocks in southern France on Sunday in protest against a mass cull of cows ordered to contain the spread of a skin disease. Local officials have urged Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to urgent

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Syrian who killed Americans was part of security forces, interior ministry says

Syria's interior ministry said Sunday the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism. Two US troops and a civilian interpreter died in what

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The week in pictures: Machado's Nobel, Benin's botched coup, AI people named Time's Person of Year

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado receives her Nobel Peace Prize, AI is named Person of the Year 2025 by Time magazine, and another massive protest in Bulgaria leads to the fall of the government. FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most s

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Thousands march in Budapest to protest Orban's government over child abuse scandal

Europe • 2:58 PM

Thousands of Hungarians marched to Prime Minister Viktor Orban's offices on Saturday, led by opposition leader Peter Magyar, who urged the veteran nationalist to resign over an abuse scandal at a juvenile detention centre. The prosecutor's office said on

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Far right eyes comeback as Chile holds presidential election

Chileans began voting for a new president Sunday, making a stark choice between the most right-wing candidate in 35 years of democracy and the head of a leftist coalition. Polls show far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast as the strong front-runner in the

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Syrian who killed Americans was part of security forces, interior ministry says

Syria's interior ministry said Sunday the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism. Two US troops and a civilian interpreter died in what

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Bondi Beach shooting an 'escalation' in attacks against Australia's Jewish community

Two gunmen attacked a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing 11 and drawing international condemnation. It is Australia’s deadliest shooting in nearly three decades. Citing two other attacks on the country’s Jewish community in 2024, FRANC

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Gunmen kill several at Jewish gathering in Sydney's Bondi Beach

Two gunmen attacked a Hannukah celebration on a Sydney beach Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism. The massacre at one of Australia’s most popular and iconic bea

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Chile’s right pushes immigration as 'politicised' issue in presidential vote, expert says

The right in Chile is pushing “immigration” onto the agenda ahead of an election that could see an ultra-conservative candidate win, Rossana Castiglioni, Dean of Social Sciences and History at Diego Portales University, told FRANCE 24. Noting that Chile

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US police detain 'person of interest' in deadly shooting at Brown University

Police in Providence said early Sunday that they had a person of interest in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded at the Rhode Island Ivy League school.

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Bondi Beach shooting: Rabbi killed at Jewish holiday gathering

Hundreds had gathered Sunday to celebrate a Jewish holiday at Bondi Beach where a mass shooting was carried out earlier. The event was to mark the start of the eight-day Hanukkah festival. One of the victims of the shooting was identified as Rabbi Eli Sc

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Bondi Beach shooting: Explosive device found in vehicle linked to shooters

Two gunmen shot dead at least 11 people on Sunday during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said, declaring it a terrorist attack. One gunman was fatally shot by police and the second arrested. Reporting from Syd

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Zelensky and US envoys to push on with Ukraine talks in Berlin on Monday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees as he held talks in Berlin with US envoys that were set to continue on Monday. The Ukrainian leader rejec

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Israel blames Australia for ignoring antisemitism over Bondi Beach shooting

Israeli leaders on Sunday “loudly blamed” the Australian government for ignoring warnings of antisemitic threats, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky reported, noting that Tel Aviv has offered little condolence to Australia’s Jewish community. Tarnopolsky also

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Bondi Beach shooting a 'terrorist incident', New South Wales police force commissioner says

Pacific Asia • 11:24 AM

New South Wales Police Force Commissioner Mal Lanyon said on Sunday that the Bondi Beach shooting was a “terrorist incident”. At least 12 people were killed and 29 wounded in the attack earlier in the day, he told a press conference.

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Bondi Beach shooting 'designed to target Sydney's Jewish community', New South Wales premier says

The Bondi Beach shooting was "designed to target Sydney's Jewish community", New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said at a press conference on Sunday.

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Syrian gunman who killed three Americans was to be fired from security forces for 'extremist views'

Syria said on Sunday that the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region was a member of its own security forces who was due to be dismissed for extremist views, a day after the deadly attack blamed by Washington on the Islamic State

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Israeli president condemns 'cruel attack on Jews' after shooting at Bondi Beach

Pacific Asia • 10:28 AM

Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned Sunday’s shooting in Sydney as a “cruel attack on Jews” and urged Australia to step up the fight against antisemitism. Ten people were killed and about a dozen wounded when gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holid

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At least ten dead after shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach

At least ten people are dead, including the alleged shooter, following a shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach, FRANCE 24's Richelle Harrison said, citing police and local sources. Another 12 people were wounded and the other gunman was arrested, Australia

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Mayotte still in shambles a year after Cyclone Chido

The annual rainy season is already battering Mayotte, but the French Indian Ocean archipelago has barely managed to patch up homes and buildings that Cyclone Chido devastated a year ago. The scars are everywhere around the French territory, where more th

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At least ten dead after shooting at Australia's Bondi beach

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Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova among others

Europe • 9:55 AM

Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of talks with Washington aimed at improving ties and getting crippling US sanctions li

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Multiple injuries after shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach, two people in custody

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At least 12 dead at Sydney's Bondi beach shooting that targeted Jewish community

At least 12 people, including a gunman, were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community gathered to celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah in what Australian authorites have declared a terrori

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Salah returns to action as doubts remain over Liverpool future

Mohamed Salah was back in action for Liverpool in Saturday's 2-0 win over Brighton, with the forward coming off the bench to set up French striker Hugo Ekitike's second goal of the afternoon. The Egyptian, who leaves for AFCON duty next week, was back in

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Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian military

A 14-year-old girl arrived at a refugee clinic near death with an untreated infection from an alleged rape her family says was carried out by Russian fighters in Mali – a case that aid workers say exposes how sexual violence in the country’s war has rema

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Chile votes in presidential race expected to steer country to the right

Chileans vote Sunday in a runoff presidential election that is likely mark the sharpest rightward shift of the South American country since the end of the military dictatorship in 1990. Even detractors of ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio K

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Live: Ukraine's Zelensky says ready for 'dialogue' ahead of Berlin talks with US, Europeans

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he was ready for "dialogue" as he headed for critical talks with US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and European leaders in Berlin on ending the war with Russia. Follow our liveblog for t

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Fighting in Cambodia and Thailand continues, hours after Trump truce claim

Pacific Asia • 5:31 AM

Border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand stretched into a second week on Sunday after Bangkok denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that a ceasefire had been brokered. The death toll has reached at least 25, including 14 Thai soldiers, one Thai ci

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Bondi Beach shooting: One suspect in custody in critical condition

At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack. One suspected gunman was killed and another was in

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Sydney attack: Bondi Beach shooting kills 16, gunmen identified as father and son

Pacific Asia • 12:09 AM

Sixteen people were killed and at least 40 others injured in a shooting at a Jewish festival celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach, police have said in an update of the casualty toll. At least one French national is among the dead, President Emmanuel Ma

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Saturday, december 13, 2025

Multiple victims reported in shooting at Brown University in US

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Two dead, several injured in mass shooting at Brown University in US

Two people were killed on Saturday and nine were wounded in a shooting at Brown University, the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island said. The suspect remains at large, according to police.

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Six UN peacekeepers killed in drone attack in Sudan’s South Kordofan

Six United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh were killed and several others wounded on Saturday when a drone struck their camp in Sudan’s South Kordofan region, the UN mission said. The attack was strongly condemned by the UN chief and Bangladeshi aut

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Nobel laureate Machado feared for her life during secret escape from Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition figure and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said she feared for her life during a clandestine journey out of Venezuela to reach Norway for the award ceremony, describing a high-risk sea escape carried out with US s

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Two US troops and an American civilian killed in Syria, Trump vows to 'retaliate'

Two US soldiers and an American civilian were killed in central Syria on Saturday after an alleged Islamic State group gunman opened fire on a joint US-Syrian patrol in Palmyra, US Central Command said. Three other troops were wounded before the attacker

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Israel says it killed top Hamas weapon commander in Gaza strike

Israel said Saturday it had killed top Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza after an explosive device wounded two Israeli soldiers in the south of the territory as both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire that took effect on Octo

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Belarus frees 123 prisoners in exchange for lifting of US sanctions

Europe • 4:48 PM

In exchange for the lifting of US sanctions on certain exports, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners on Saturday including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava after two days of

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